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Local Brain Bees

This year, there will over seventy Local Brain Bee competitions held all over the world, and new local chapters of our program open up all the time. If you are a high school student or teacher looking to learn more information about the Local Bee closest to you, feel free to contact any of the Local Bee coordinators listed below! If you would like more information on how to start your own brain bee, please visit this webpage.

You can also use the links at the bottom of this page to find out more about the National Brain Bees around the world and the International Brain Bee Championship.




Local Brain Bees in the United States

 Location 

Sponsor 

Coordinator

Contact Information

Jefferson, Arkansas

SFN: Arkansas Chapter

Tucker Patterson John Bowyer

Tucker.patterson@da.hhs.gov

Glendale, Arizona

Midwestern University

Buck Jones

cjones@midwestern.edu

Los Angeles, California

LA City College

Amy Sweetman

sweetmab@email.lacc.cc.ca.us amysweetman@earthlink.net

Pleasanton, California

Tremor Action Network

Kathleen Welker

kwelker@tremoraction.org

San Diego, California

Preuss School

Doug Nitz

nitz@nsi.edu

Farmington, Connecticut

Hartford Academy of Math and Science

Howard J Thiery III

htiery@learningcorridor.crec.org

Hartford, Connecticut

Trinity College

Sarah Raskin

Washington DC

The DANA Alliance

Karen Graham

kgraham@dana.org

Manatee, Florida

Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine

Russell C Sexton

rsexton@lecom.edu

Tallahassee, Florida

Florida State University

Kyle Gobrogge & Melissa Maffeo

gobrogge@neuro.fsu.edu maffeo@neuro.fsu.edu

Miami, Florida

University of Miami

John Bethea

jbethea@miami.edu

Atlanta, Georgia

Center for Behavioral Neuroscience

Kelly Powell

biokrp@langate.gsu.edu

Iowa City, Iowa

University of Iowa

Anita Kafer

anita-kafer@uiowa.edu

Chicago, Illinois

Rush University &  SfN Chicago Chapter

Dorothy Kozlowski & Sarah Pollema

dkozlows@depaul.edu
spolema@uic.edu

Gary, Indiana

Indiana University Northwest

Mary Ann Fischer

mfischer@iun.edu

Muncie, Indiana

Ball State University

Derron Bishop

ajantagg@pol.net

Kansas City, Kansas

SFN: Kansas City Chapter

Nancy Berman

nberman@umkc.edu

Morehead, Kentucky

Morehead State University

Ilsun White

i-white@morehead-st.edu

Boston, Massachusetts

Tufts University

Michelle Tangredi & Katie Malanson

michelle.tangredi@tufts.edu katherine.malanson@tufts.edu

Worcester, Massachusetts

University of Massachusetts Medical School

Joanne Triestman

joanne.treistman@umassmed.edu

Baltimore, Maryland

University of Maryland, Baltimore

Norbert Myslinski

brainbee@gmail.com

Western Maryland

Endeavor Foundation for Excellence

Mike Gavini

mike.gavini@gmail.com
The Western Maryland Bee's Homepage

Ellicott City, Maryland

Howard County Library System

Norbert Myslinski & Jeanie Pfefferkorn

brainbee@gmail.com
jeanpfefferj@hclibrary.org

Chestertown, Maryland

Washington College

Michael Kerchner

mkerchner2@washcoll.edu

St. Mary's City, Maryland

St. Mary's College

Anne Marie Brady

ambrady@smcm.edu

Detroit, Michigan

Wayne State University

Thomas Fischer

thomas.fischer@wayne.edu

Minneapolis, Minnesota

University of Minnesota

John Paton & Janet Lyn Fitzakerley

patto006@umn.edu
jfizake@d.umn.edu

St. Louis, Missouri

Washington University

KS Saleem

saleemk@wustl.edu

St. Louis, Missouri

North-South Foundation

Sanat Sethi

sanatsethi@gmail.com

Fayetteville, North Carolina

North Carolina State University

Katie Cooper

katiecooper@gmail.com

Grand Forks, North Dakota

University of North Dakota

Karen Cisek

kcisel@medicine.nodak.edu

Newark, NJ

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

Steve Levison

steve.levison@umdnj.edu

Sussex County, New Jersey

Schering-Plough Research Institute

Carrie Markgraf

carrie.markgraf@spcorp.com

Albany, New York

SUNY at Albany

Cheryl Frye

cafrye@cnsunix.albany.edu

Brookville, New York

Long Island University

Grace Rossi & Paul Forestell

grossi@liu.edu
paul.forestell@liu.edu

Buffalo, New York

Canisius College

Elizabeth Hogan

hogane@canisius.edu

Syracuse, New York

Christian Brothers Academy

Vicki Quickley

vicki.quigley@verizon.net

New York, New York

NYAS/Dana Alliance

Rashid Shaikh & Kathleen Roina

rshaikh@nyas.org
kroina@dana.org

Berea, Ohio

Baldwin Wallace College

Beth Zanick & Anthony Disorbo

bzanich@bw.edu

Central Ohio

Denison University & Ohio State University

Nestor Matthews & John Oberdick

matthewsn@denison.edu

Portland, Oregon

Oregon Health & Science University

Helen Kamens

reedch@ohsu.edu

Greenville, Pennsylvania

Thiel College

Brian Wilent

bwilent@gmail.com

Erie, Pennsylvania

Mercyhurst College

Rob Hoff & Darlene Melchitzky

robhoff@mercyhurst.edu

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

David Mahoney Institute

Angela Gilmore

agilmore@mail.med.upenn.edu

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

SFN: Pittsburgh Chapter

Edda Thiels

thiels@bns.pitt.edu

Scranton, Pennsylvania

University of Scranton

J. Timothy Cannon

cannon@uofs.edu

Houston, Texas

Baylor College of Medicine

Alana Newell

adnewell@bcm.edu

Fairfax, Virginia

Endeavor Foundation for Excellence

Mike Gavini

mike.gavini@gmail.com
Northern Virginia Brain Bee Homepage

Harrisonburg, Virginia

Rockingham Memorial Hospital

Susan Kile

skile@rhcc.com

Richmond, Virginia

Science Museum of Virginia

Ronald David

vachildneuro1@aol.com


Local Brain Bees in Canada

Location

Sponsor

Coordinator

Contact Information

Calgary, Alberta

Hotchkiss Brain Intitute

Lisa Fleece

hbi@ucalgary.ca

Calgary, Alberta

University of Calgary

Jaideep Bains

jsbains@ucalgary.ca

Edmonton, Alberta

University of Alberta

Jena Dressler

jdressle@ualberta.ca

St. John's, Newfoundland

Memorial University
of Newfoundland

John Mclean

mclean@mun.ca

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Dalhousie University

Rob Brownstone

rob.brownstone@dal.ca

Hamilton, Ontario

McMaster University

Judith M Shedden

shedden@mcmaster.ca

Kingston, Ontario

Queens University

Kelly Moore

kmm@post.queensu.ca

London, Ontario

 University of Western Ontario

Marvin Chum

mchum2010@meds.uwo.ca

Ottawa, Ontario

University of Ottawa

Ruth Slack

ruth.slack@uottawa.ca

Toronto, Ontario

University of Toronto

Jonathon Dostrovsky

  j.dostrovsky@utoronto.ca 

Montreal, Quebec

McGill University

David Seminowicz

david.seminowicz@mail.mcgill.ca

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

University of Saskatchewan

Sarah Ridgley-MacDonald

sar906@mail.usask.ca


Local Brain Bees in India

Location

Sponsor

Coordinator

    Contact Information    

Bangalore

   Natco Trust   

    Seema Raghunathan   

Seemavsr@yahoo.co.in

  Chandighar 

Natco Trust

   Seema Raghunathan  

Seemavsr@yahoo.co.in

Chennai

Natco Trust

   Seema Raghunathan 

Seemavsr@yahoo.co.in

Culcutta

Natco Trust

   Seema Raghunathan  

Seemavsr@yahoo.co.in

Delhi

Natco Trust

   Seema Raghunathan  

Seemavsr@yahoo.co.in

Hyderabad

Natco Trust

   Seema Raghunathan  

Seemavsr@yahoo.co.in

Mumbai

Natco Trust

   Seema Raghunathan  

Seemavsr@yahoo.co.in



Local Brain Bees in Australia, New Zealand & Tasmania

Location

Sponsor

Coordinator

Contact  Information

Queensland Chapter

The University of Queensland and the
Queensland Brain Institute

Linda Richards

richards@uq.edu.au

New South Wales

University of Western Sidney

Vaughan Macefield

v.macefield@uws.edu.au

Australian Capitol Terr

Australian National University

Greg Stuart

greg.stuart@anu.edu.au

Victoria Chapter

University of Melbourne Murdoch
Children's Research Hospital

Juliet Taylor

juliet.taylor@mcri.edu.au

Western Australia

University of Western Australia

Jennifer Roger

irdger@cyllene.uwa.edu.au

South Australia

University of Adelaide

Paul Thomas

paulthomas@adelaide.edu.au

Auckland

University of Auckland

Louise FB Nicholson

lfb.nicholson@auckland.ac.nz

Dunedin

University of Otago

J. Greg Anson

Grenanson@otago.ac.nz

Hobart

University of Tasmania

Lisa Foa

fisa.foa@utas.edu.au


Local Brain Bees in Switzerland

  Location 

Sponsor

 Coordinator  

   Contact Information  

 Geneva 

 Department of
Fundamental Neuroscience CMU 

 Ann Kato

  ann.kato@medecine.unige.ch 

 Lauanne 

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

 Ruth Luthi-Carter 

ruth.luthi-carter@epfl.ch



National Brain Bees 
In countries where only one Local Brain Bee will be held, that Bee will serve as the National Competition.



The International Brain Bee Championship
The 2008 International Championship will be held May 25-28 2008 in Montreal, Canada. Contact Dr. Norbert Myslinski ~ nmyslinski@umaryland.edu ~ for more information







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